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? Abstract—Applied industrial engineering is concerned with imparting employable skills to im prove the productivity for current situation of products and services. The purpose of this case study is to present the results of an initial research study conducted to identify the desired professional characteristics of an industrial engineer with an undergraduate degree and the emerging topic areas that should be incorporated into the curriculum to prepare industrial engineering (IE) graduates for the future workforce.

Conclusions and recommendations for applied industrial engineering syllabus have been gathered and reported below.

A two-pronged approach was taken which included a method of benchmarking by comparing the applied industrial engineering curricula of various universities and an industry survey to identify job market requirements. This methodology produced an analysis of the changing nature of industrial engineering from learning to practical education.

A curriculum study for engineering is a relatively unexplored area of research in the Middle East, much less for applied industrial engineering. This work is an effort to bridge the gap between theoretical study in the classroom and the real world work applications in the industrial and service sectors. K e y w or ds ?? Applied industrial engi neering, Faculty of Engineering, Industrial Engineering Curriculum, Syllabus. I.

INTRODUCTION PPLIED Industrial Engineering has a larger scale and scope of continuous improvement as compared to other areas of engineering. Resistance to change from both students and staff members warrants a new method for improvement that is also useful for the industry. This paper is an attempt to initiate discussion to address the following questions: How can multi- and trans-disciplinary teaching and

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research coexist in a meaningful way in today's university structures? Does education relevant to sustainable development require its own protected incubating environment to survive, or will it otherwise be gobbled up and marginalized by attempting to instill it throughout the traditional curriculum? What roles can governments have in accelerating the needed changes? How can it be made safe for courageous students to take

educational paths different from traditional tracks, even if technical options do exist?

What can one learn from Hani Shafeek is with Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh, Saudi Arabia(HOD 2012- 2013) and with the Suez Canal University, Industrial College of Education, Egypt (e-mail:

hanishafeek@yahoo.com).

Mohammed Aman is with Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh, Saudi Arabia.(e-mail: maman1@kau.edu.sa).

Muhammad Marsudi was with Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh, Saudi Arabia.(e- mail:

muhmarsudi@gmail.com). comparative analysis of the curricula of universities in different nations and environments? This work analyses the changing trend and shift from traditional industrial engineering education to applied engineering.

Engineering education should be focused on how to prepare engineers with strong applied silks such as leadership, team work, analytical skills, creativity, communication skills and professionalism. The following is a brief discussion of the previous studies related to the critical factors needed for applied engineering education. II. PROBLEM DEFINITION Continuous improvement in human factors is the most important element to productivity.

As a result of competition between local engineers and others leads to the identification of the most important skills required. The demand for industrial engineers to meet the needs of the market has recently surfaced and hence this study has focused on

identifying the actual need of those skills.

By examining the industry and engineering curriculums for the undergraduate program, to identify the desired professional characteristics of an industrial engineer as well as determining job market requirements, adjunct in reducing the lack of skills, helps bridge the gap between theoretical study in the classroom and the real-world work.

Furthermore, objectives, content, evaluation methodology and implementation are studied. III. RELATED WORK A.

Teaching Quality Monitoring Monitoring the quality of instruction was studied in engineering perspective aspects to the curriculum process such as policy, analysis,

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objectives, content, evaluation methodology and implementation reviewed. Therefore, the need for transformation in curriculum for all the engineering educational and higher-education levels became necessary [1].

The effect of achievement in ISO certified engineering colleges in applied total quality management are studied [2]. B. Training & Development Examining the requirement and value of training new engineering graduates, the current trend in engineering education in Nigeria has created a disparity between the quality of training received by the graduates vis-à-vis the employers expectations in the business and industries in the country despite its enormous resources.

In order to ensure the rapid reproduction of skills and functions of engineering activities by students, they are included in the "habitat," and they participate in the

implementation of real projects [3]. Hani Shafeek, Mohammed Aman, Muhammad Marsudi From Traditional to Applied: A Case Study in Industrial Engineering Curriculum A World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology International Journal of Economics and Management Engineering Vol:8, No:10, 2014 3386 International

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The Technical Skills The processing techniques of training through partnerships with industry are introduced for increasing for benefits for both university and industry [4].

The employment of engineering graduates and training them to the level of master's degree discussed as an adjunct in reducing the lack of skills [5]. D.

Case Studies and Projects Researching the utility of having engineering students work on case studies, and real life projects a number of initiatives in civil engineering

undergraduate programs investigated at the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) that allows students to complete engineering projects for the community, enabling them to learn by doing [6]. E.

Engineering Ethics Studying the issue of ethics in engineering, to ascertain the engagement and response of students to the teaching of engineering ethics

incorporating a macro ethical framework whereby sustainability is viewed as context to professional practice [7]. F. Stakeholders A comparative assessment between internal and external customers of the educational system, the internal customer being the faculty and the administrative staff, and the external customers being students and the industry was empirically tested and investigated [8].

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Such an emphasis on customers of the educational system would assure a

customer-centric design of the educational system. The work helped identify the quality components, which would help design quality for institutes of higher education. G.

Sustainable Development The process of cultural changing and philosophies for applied engineering studied [9]. H.

Entrepreneurship Education The policy background and extant literature pertaining to the contribution of entrepreneurship education for graduates and employers was

investigated [10]. The recent curriculum reform at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and the process followed to achieve it, and lessons learned were described in detail [11].

The philosophy and development of Olin College and the Olin College Library, and then to address its evolving material's collection were discussed [12]. Thomson a, P. et al. [13]

explored the notion that knowledge is an important resource for vernacular educational reform. The impact of faculty makeup and industrial needs in curriculum design was studied [14].

The concept of assigning relevant industrial engineering courses to closest possible periods for curriculum balancing was developed [15]. It is evident from past studies that there a shortage of research on the continuous improvement of practical engineering.

The study showed the impact of the various factors on applied engineering and continuous improvement. IV.

METHODOLOGY The status of industrial engineering education in the concluded that the primary emphasis of IE program on scientific fundamentals has led to a weak link to engineering practice. Industrial engineering education must be transformed to embrace both fundamentals and practice – traditional procedural knowledge as well as

problem-solving skills of applied industrial engineering. There are two methods used for this study: A.

Literature survey and comparison of the curriculum of applied industrial engineering curriculum are at twelve universities – both local and global. B. Analysis of the market survey for applied industrial engineering curricula. A. Literature Survey and Comparison of Applied Industrial Engineering Curriculum Comparison of curriculums was made among twelve (12) selected universities from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, U.S.A, Canada, South Africa, Oman and UAE as shown in Table II.

The naming of the undergraduate program in Applied Industrial Engineering slightly varies among the universities. Specifically, the most popular name is “B.Sc. Applied Industrial Engineering” as used by University of Stellenbosch, Indiana State University

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and Stark State College. Other variations of program names include B.Sc.

in Industrial Systems Technology (AB Tech) and Bachelor of Applied Science in Industrial Technology and Management (Macomb, FSU). Despite the slight differences, all of them fall within the same scope of applied industrial engineering. V. RESULT AND

DISCUSSION An analysis of the data from the comparison of various universities as shown in Fig.

1 offering applied industrial engineering programs, it is observed that practical courses like Simulation, Quality, CAD/CAM as well as Summer Training and Industrial Internship are offered by most universities. At the other end of the spectrum, we notice design of Industrial Experiments, Strategic Management in Industry, DFMA, etc.

fare poorly in the comparison despite being core IE subjects due to their theoretical approach as well as being courses preferred for graduate level programs. A. Specific Comparison of the IE Programs Applied Industrial Engineering is the application of industrial engineering in specific industries. In order to achieve this, industrial engineers apply their ability to specialize in specific industries like primary and secondary

manufacturing, technology, finance and services.

The coursework of the twelve selected applied universities was compared, and the following core IE courses were found to be critical in every applied curriculum: (i)

Computer Programming for Engineers: Computing skills and ability to use computers for problem solving is critical for practicing industrial engineers. All the Applied IE

programs, excluding HCT Oman and UAE, include a computer programming course spanning from basic World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology

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(ii) Project Management: Most of the compared universities have a course in Project Management except for ISU, HCT, KFUPM and UT. TABLE I IE COURSE MODIFICATIONS No. New courses added Old courses removed Courses Combined, Replaced or changed 1 CHEN 210 - Materials Science & Engineering MATH 205 - Ordinary Differential

Equations EEN 201 - Comp Programming MATLAB is replaced by EEN 170 - Computer Programming.

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2 EEN 100 - Electrical Circuits I MATH 241 - Linear Algebra IEN 256 - Engineering Management (2 to 3 credits) 3 EEN 332 - Numerical Methods in Engineering IEN 321 - Fundamentals of Computers IEN 322 - Computer Programming for Industrial Engineers (name change) 4 IEN 361 - Manufacturing Processes I IEN 351 - Industrial Management IEN 323 - Systems Analysis & Design (code change) 5 IEN 362 - Manufacturing

Processes II IEN 395 - IE Seminar IEN 331 - Probability & Engineering Statistics (combined 331 + 332) 6 IEN 363 - Manufacturing Systems Design IEN 423 -

Computer-Aided Manufacturing IEN 390 - Summer Training (2 credits counted towards GPA) 7 MEN 367 - Thermo-Fluids IEN 443 - Industrial Environmental Engineering IEN 481 - Intro to Entrepreneurship (2 credits).

Pre-requisite IER 256 8 IEN 393 - Industrial Internship IEN 455 - Material Handling &

Packaging 9 IEN 455 - Global Logistics Management IEN 491 - Industrial Engineering Practice 10 IEN 461 - CAD/CAM 11 IEN 462 – CIM 12 IEN 463 - Design for

Manufacturing and Assembly 13 IEN 464 - Metrology and Engineering Measurements 14 XXX xxx [2 free courses from outside the faculty] (iii) CAD/CAM: Computer-Aided Design and Computer- Aided Manufacturing are an important hands-on course for applied industrial engineering. All universities included CAD/CAM in their curriculum except FSU, HCT (UAE), KAU-Jeddah, KFUPM and UT.

(iv) Industrial Quality Control: Except for Cuyahoga, HCT (UAE) and AB Tech, all other universities offer a Quality Control course in their curriculum albeit by slightly different names. (v) Industrial Safety Engineering: Few universities have not included Safety Engineering in their required coursework making it an important course for applied industrial engineering.

(vi) Production Planning and Control: All the compared universities have a course in Production Planning and Control except Cuyahoga, AB Tech, Stark State and HCT (UAE).

(vii) Senior Project: With the focus on practical application and case studies to transfer theoretical knowledge into practical skills, most applied programs require a Senior Project to be completed before graduation.

This could be a single course or a two-part project with a proposal and research phase followed by the implementation phase in concurrent semesters. Discussion on field study is presented with respect to the survey methodology and the survey findings. 1.

Methodology of Survey An industry survey was conducted by IE staff members during the summer training program in 2012, and responses were received from ten companies from various industrial sectors in Saudi Arabia.

The survey questionnaire receiving 176 responses from the 29 companies surveyed, the

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results have high value because all the respondents were managers, directors or supervisors of their respective companies. 2. Survey Findings The data obtained was statistically analyzed using SPSS software and also using a two-tailed analysis, and the results were corroborated to give us deep insight into the relative importance of various courses to be included in the applied industrial engineering curriculum.

Both methods are described below followed by a conclusion of the results of the findings. The industry survey responses were statistically analyzed by giving weights to the responses as follows: 5 – Extremely Important 4 – Very Important 3 – Important 2 – Somewhat Important 1– Not Important World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology International Journal of Economics and Management Engineering Vol:8, No:10, 2014 3388 International Scholarly and Scientific Research & Innovation 8(10) 2014 ISNI:0000000091950263 Open Science Index, Economics and Management Engineering Vol:8, No:10, 2014 waset.org/Publication/10000037 Fig. 1 Results of University Comparison for Applied IE B.

Field Survey to Identify Job Market Requirements From a statistical analysis of the survey responses as shown in Fig. 2 the following courses were found to have mean frequency of response below 6.4 (standard deviation 4.65) and hence fell to the lower end of the spectrum of decreasing importance.

? Work Physiology ? Integration of Industrial Engineering Techniques ? Optimization:

Theory and Algorithms ? Industrial Ecology ? Collaborative Engineering Principles and Practice ? Industrial Information Systems ? Value and Decision Theory ? Invention and Technology Development ? Logistics ? Project Management ? Financial Engineering ? Economic Analysis of Engineering Projects ? Engineering Cost Analysis ? Construction Accounting & Finance ? Engineering Cost Analysis 11 10 10 10 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 S u mmer Training P r o b a bi l i t y a nd Engi neeri n g S t a t i st i c s Industrial I n t er n shi p Co mputer P ro g r a m m i n g fo r Eng i neers I n d u s t ri al Quality C o n t rol Seni or P r o j e ct I n d u s t r i a l Sys t em Si mu l a t i on P r o d u ct i o n Planning & C o n t rol C A D /C A M Industrial Environme n ta l Eng i neeri n g Sys t ems An a l ys i

s and D es i g n Project Manag ement M a n u f a ct u r i n g Processe s Eng i neeri n g Ma nagem ent I n d u s t r i a l A u t omat i on an d C o n t ro l

Operations Management M a i n t e n a n ce & Replacement Poli ci es Su pply C h a i n Mana gement Industrial Saf et y E n g i n e e r i n g

Work Study Huma n Fa ct ors En gi neeri n g I n t rod u ct i on to E nt rep ren eurshi p Computer I n t eg r a t ed M a n u f a ct u r i n g I n d u s t r i a l I n f o r ma t i o n Sys t ems Engi neeri n g E conomy Operations Research F a ci l i ti es Planning M e t ro l o g y and E nginee ri ng Measurements D es i g n fo

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r M a n u f a ct u r e a n d As s embl y S t ra teg i c Ma nagem ent in I n d u s t ry I n d u s t r i a l S t o ch a s t i c S ys te ms D esi g n of I n d u s t r i a l E xperiments World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology International Journal of Economics and Management Engineering Vol:8, No:10, 2014 3389

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Const r E ngineering c Extremely Important Very Important Important Somewhat

Important N ot Importan t a t were n eering h ighest n alysis h ighest d ustrial c ourses n ce as n eering w e have r uction c ourses World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology International Journal of Economics and Management Engineering Vol:8, No:10, 2014 3390 International Scholarly and Scientific Research & Innovation 8(10) 2014 ISNI:0000000091950263 Open Science Index, Economics and Management Engineering Vol:8, No:10, 2014 waset.org/Publication/10000037 were not considered important by many respondents because Engineering Cost Analysis and Engineering Economy were more suited from an applied engineering standpoint.

Courses like Thermodynamics which 30% of respondents marked as Not Important are academically important to maintain compatibility with the FE exam requirements.

Computer Programming also made it to the list with 30% Not Important votes but what the survey respondents failed to realize was that the Computer Programming syllabus for applied industrial engineering would not just include pure programming languages and coding but would focus on computer applications in the industry.

To conclude, the market survey of various industries both using statistical software as well as two-tailed analysis gives us a good understanding of the requirements of the industry for their engineer workforce. C. Correlation between University Comparison and Market Survey The results of university comparison and the market survey for applied engineering curriculum were correlated as shown in Fig. 4.

From the correlation diagram, it is observed that there is positive correlation between the results of the university comparison and the industry survey. The course ranking decreases from right to left and from top to bottom. Most of the courses fall in

Quadrant I confirming their importance using both methodologies. Courses in Quadrant IV - namely design of Industrial Experiments, Industrial Stochastic Systems, Design for Manufacture & Assembly, Facilities Planning and Metrology & Engineering

Measurements - indicate their relatively high ranking on the survey but few universities offered them as part of their applied industrial engineering programs. These courses are mostly offered by graduate programs in industrial engineering.

Summer's training has the highest ranking both in terms of university comparison as well as industry survey. This indicates the importance of training – in various forms – in an applied engineering curriculum. Co-operative education is a system which integrates classroom study with paid on-the-job work experience.

Entry into the co-operative education mode is the student's choice and is subject to an

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academic requirement. Students enrolled in the co-operative education option alternate periods of paid employment with college study. These periods are four months (one work term). Cooperative education system includes summer’s training, training during the study, training leads to appointment, field visit and training paid the salary.

Co-op programs are offered in accordance with the following criteria: ? Each work

situation is developed and/or approved by the College as a suitable learning experience;

? The student is engaged in productive work rather than merely observing; ? The

student receives remuneration for work performed; ? The student's progress on the job is monitored by the college of Engineering. ? The student's performance on the job is monitored and evaluated by both the employer and the college of Engineering.

? The total co-operative work experience is normally 30 to 50% of the time spent in the academic study. Fig. 4 Correlation between University Comparison and Market Survey The summer training program is similar to the cooperative program in its objectives except that it lasts weeks. The student is required to follow the work rules and guidelines as any regular employee, and submit to the academic department a final report.

The employer should assign a supervisor to the student to guide and help him achieve the training objectives, and submit one evaluation report about the student’s

performance. From the comparison of universities, almost all universities include some form of training in their applied curriculum. A listing of the training types is listed below.

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The Proposed Applied Industrial Engineering Curriculum Introducing Applied Industrial Engineering as an elective specialization in conjunction with the traditional curriculum already in place led to the following modifications in the department curriculum.

General Education (Language, Social Science): No change in offering English Language and Technical Writing courses as part of the applied curriculum as language is one of the foundations of technical education.

Mathematics and Basic Sciences: One Mathematics course, Ordinary Differential

Equations, was replaced by a course in Numerical Methods in Engineering to be offered by the Department of Electrical Engineering. Computer Science: With the increased familiarity of students with computers and their exposure to latest technologies, the Fundamentals of Computer's course was removed and replaced with a comprehensive course Computer 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 0 12 34 567 89101112 Survey

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of universities offering each course World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology International Journal of Economics and Management Engineering Vol:8, No:10, 2014 3391 International Scholarly and Scientific Research & Innovation 8(10) 2014 ISNI:0000000091950263 Open Science Index, Economics and Management Engineering Vol:8, No:10, 2014 waset.org/Publication/10000037 Programming for Engineers who combines the previous Computer Applications for IE, I & II.

More focus is on applying computer tools and software for design and manufacturing with the general Computer-Aided Manufacturing Systems course being replaced by multiple specialized courses like CAD/CAM and CIM. Engineering Sciences: New courses were added to the curriculum with focus on application of concepts such as Basic

Electrical Engineering (Electrical Circuits), Materials Science& Engineering, Manufacturing Processes I & II, Thermo-Fluids, and Metrology & Engineering Measurements.

Statistics I & II were combined into a single course Probability & Engineering Statistics.

Engineering Design: New courses for application in manufacturing include Manufacturing Systems Design and Design for Manufacturing and Assembly.

Management: The standard Engineering Management course offered by the IE

curriculum was increased from 2 to 3 credits while the Industrial Management course was deleted.

Specialized IE courses: Besides the core IE courses like Production Planning and Control, Work Study / Ergonomic, Engineering Economy, Operations Research, Quality Control, more focus was given to application and practice by introducing a new Industrial Internship course requiring students to intern full-time for a semester. The regular Summer Training had its credits increased from 0 to 2 hence having the grade now count towards the GPA.

With the emphasis on inculcating entrepreneurial sills into students, the Introduction to Entrepreneurship course was increased from 1 to 2 credit hours. A new course in Global Logistics Management was also added to the Industrial Operations Management

elective group. For the applied engineering group as well as the other areas of concentration, a comprehensive laboratory list was prepared including lab layouts, equipment, furniture and connections along with the list of experiments, etc.

The industrial engineering labs include Industrial System Analysis & Simulation, Quality Engineering, Human Factors, Work Study & Ergonomics, CAD/CAM, Information

Systems & OR Active Learning Lab, Research Lab, and Computer Lab for Students. Based on the above analysis, the following IE Course Modifications, as shown in Table I, have

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Based on the as shown in Table

been made. VI.

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION Applied engineering education still needs improvements compared to other fields of education such as law and medicine. It requires increased attention by universities and industry to support long-term applied engineering programs necessary to build the knowledge-base key to addressing industries needs.

To conduct this study, we have chosen a strategy of road mapping, beginning with traditional industrial engineering education and have identified why industrial engineering education should move away from the current dominance of classroom-based education to more active learning approaches that engage

problem-solving skills and teamwork building. The industrial engineering curriculum at most universities was quite different in design and practical skills.

As a result, most undergraduate industrial engineering programs today are, in reality, programs in applied science, although they pay sufficient lip service to design, technical writing, active learning and professional ethics. The study concluded that there is

positive correlation between the results of the university comparison and the industry survey for the courses that must be offered by undergraduate programs in applied industrial engineering.

Proposed curriculum for the Department of Industrial Engineering at KAU, Rabigh, consists of three areas of concentration - manufacturing systems engineering, industrial operation management and applied industrial engineering, as shown in Fig. 5. Course modifications consisted of 13 courses added, eight courses removed and six courses combined or changed. New 4 laboratories added II.

The paper reflects experiences in case study form of one department and only local companies, drawing on established applied engineering principles.

findings it is suggested that industrial engineering departments of other universities should enhance and expand industrial engineering education by focusing on applied engineering concepts, thus developing the potency of graduates to meet market requirements in developing economies.

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Department A.

Suggestions The following is a list of suggestions to the Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh: i. IE department must take advantage of the flexibility in the current accreditation criteria – in theory, at least, if not always in practice – in developing an innovative curriculum. ii. IE Students should be introduced to the essence of engineering early in their undergraduate careers.

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IE departments must teach students how to be lifelong learners. After four-year study, students should accept the responsibility of working with local community, should be considered as a pre-engineer or engineer in training. iv. IE students must depend on summer employment, cooperative education, and early employment to provide their first exposure to engineering practice and training.

B. Future Work To improve applied industrial engineering education, the following proposals have been put forward: i. Collaboration between industry and universities to establish graduate professional industrial engineering departments that would offer practice-based degrees. ii. All stakeholders should commit the resources and leadership necessary to enable participation in restructuring of industrial engineering curriculum to achieve the benefits of applied engineering.

More efforts must be taken to improve IE engineering education by moving in the right direction with stress on learning outcomes rather than simply on resource input. Elective Flowchart Manufacturing Systems Engineering Area of Concentration A Area of

Concentration B Industrial Operations Management Applied Industrial Engineering Area of Concentration C SELECT 4 COURSES: 1. Automation and Control 2. Manufacturing Processes II 3. CAD/CAM 4. Computer Integrated Manufacturing 5.

Design for Manufacturing and Assembly 6. Engineering Metrology 7. Engineering Cost Analysis SELECT 4 COURSES: 1. Operations Research II 2. Industrial Stochastic Systems 3.

Project Management 4. Strategic Management 5. Operations Management 6. Global Logistics Management 7. Supply Chain Management 8. Marketing Management and Research 9. Feasibility Studies SELECT 4 COURSES: 1. Reliability Engineering 2.

Maintenance Engineering 3.

Industrial Safety Engineering 4. Industrial Data Systems 5. Engineering Cost Analysis 6.

Engineering Metrology 7. Manufacturing Processes II 9. Industrial Internship 10. Special Topics in IE World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology International Journal of Economics and Management Engineering Vol:8, No:10, 2014 3393

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Indiana State Universit y Macomb Communit y College, Ferris State Cuyahoga

Communit y College Higher College of Technolog y Higher College of Technolog y Stark State College AB Tech Communit y College Eastern Illinois University King Abdulaziz University KFUPM Universit y of Toronto University of Stellenbosc h Location Indiana USA Michigan USA Ohio USA Muscat Oman Abu Dhabi UAE Ohio USA North Carolina USA Illinois USA Jeddah KSA Dhahran KSA Toronto Canada Stellenbosc h South Africa Faculty/ Department Applied Eng & Tech Mgmt Industrial Tech & Mgmt Applied Industrial Tech (Mfg Tech) Engineerin g Departmen t Mechanica l Engineerin g Engineering , Industrial and Emerging Technologie s Engineerin g and Applied

Technolog y School of Technolog y Industrial Engineerin g College of Eng Sciences &

Applied Eng Dept.

of Industrial (System) Eng Applied Industrial Engineerin g Program Bachelor s in

Industrial Eng Tech Bachelor of Applied Science in Ind Tech and Mgmt Applied Science Degree in Applied Ind Tech Bachelors in Mechanica l Engineerin g Bachelor of Applied Science in Mech Eng Tech Bachelors in Applied Industrial Technology Bachelors in Industrial Systems Technolog y Bachelors in Applied Eng & Tech BSc. Industrial Engineerin g BSc. Industrial & Systems Engineerin g BSc.

Industrial (System) Eng Bachelors in Applied Industrial Engineerin g Computer

Programming for Engineers ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Work Study& Ergonomics ? ? ? ? ? ? Human Factors Engineering ? ? ? ? ? ? Industrial System Simulation ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Manufacturing Processes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? CAD/CAM ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Industrial Quality Control ?

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Industrial Safety Engineering ? ? ? ? ? ? Production Planning & Control ? ? ?

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Management ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology International Journal of Economics and Management Engineering Vol:8, No:10, 2014 3394 International Scholarly and Scientific Research & Innovation 8(10) 2014

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